November 12, 2008
Fatwa: Emoticons are Un-Islamic
Dude, that's some crazy stuff right there:
Emoticons are forbidden because of its imitation to Allah’s creatures whether it is original or mixture or even deformed one and since the picture is the face and the face is what makes the real picture then emoticons which represent faces that express emotions then all that add up to make them HaramI especially love this discussion over why this ---> :-) is okay, but not this --->
Then there's this:
A woman should not use these images when speaking to a man who is not her mahram, because these faces are used to express how she is feeling, so it is as if she is smiling, laughing, acting shy and so on, and a woman should not do that with a non-mahram man.Since I'm already in for a penny, might as well be in for a pound. If emoticons are harem, what about emoticons of dancing terrorists?It is only permissible for a woman to speak to men in cases of necessity, so long as that is in a public chat room and not in private correspondence.
Thanks to Jane.
UPDATE: Black Flag gets the fatwa for the day!
By Rusty at November 12, 2008 11:12 PM | | l digg this
